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Codes
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Dobrogowski Crew
Crash of the Weather Ship
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Close
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| 2ND LT |
STANLEY J. DOBROGOWSKI |
P |
KIC |
20-Nov-44 |
WEATHER
FLIGHT |
| 2ND LT |
MALCOM E. HAVARD |
CP |
KIC |
20-Nov-44 |
WEATHER FLIGHT |
| 2ND LT |
HENRY R. Van De VURST |
NAV |
KIC |
20-Nov-44 |
WEATHER FLIGHT |
| 2ND LT |
BRUCE B. GRUESCHOW |
BOM |
CPT |
-- |
-- |
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| S/SGT |
WILLIAM F. O'SHEA |
ROG |
CPT |
26-Feb-45 |
BERLIN |
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| S/SGT |
WILLIAM P. HOOD |
TTE |
CPT |
04 Mar 45 |
ULM |
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| SGT |
JAMES W. FRAIL |
BTG |
NOC |
-- |
-- |
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| SGT |
EDWARD C. LEWEK |
WG |
KIC |
20-Nov-44 |
WEATHER FLIGHT |
| SGT |
LORIE M. ESPESETH |
WG |
KIC |
20-Nov-44 |
WEATHER FLIGHT |
| SGT |
VANCE R. VanDEUSEN |
TG |
NOC |
-- |
-- |
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| 418TH
SQDN -- CREW JOINED THE 100TH ON 14 JUL 1944. |
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| THE
MORNING OF 20 NOV 44 WAS HAZY WHEN THE WEATHER SHIP (A/C #43-380995) TOOK
OFF AT 0557 HOURS. APPROXIMATELY ONE MINUTE LATER AT 400 FEET ALTITUDE THE
AIRCRAFT ENTERED A STEEP LEFT BANK, LOST ALTITUDE, HIT A TREE AND
EXPLODED. THE CRASH RESULTED IN THE LOSS OF SIX LIVES INCLUDING CAPT
CHARLES W. MYLIUS, JR WHO WAS FLYING AS COMMAND PILOT. |
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